Raksel is a Rajput clan.
[better source needed][1] Rajput Raja Man Singh was ruling Palamu prior to the rule of the Chero dynasty.
[2][3] A Chero chief of Shahabad, Bhagwant Rai, took service under the Raksel Rajput chief Man Singh of Palamu.
Bhagwant Rai assassinated Man Singh, taking advantage of the local Raja's absence at a ceremony at Surguja to raise the standard of revolt and founded his own kingdom around 1572.
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